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Real Madrid continues to embrace the leadership of the Euroleague after beating Asvel Villeurbanne by 78-87 in a trap exit. Complicated by the casualties, which were many, and the stage, which is a cemetery of giants. It was not a good omen to know that the CSKA, Milan, Panathinaikos or Khimki had fallen there but, led by a colossal Rudy Fernández , those of Pablo Laso added the 12th victory followed in Europe and maintained the pulse of the Turkish Efes: 14 victories in 17 days. [Narration and statistics]

With the absent from Real Madrid in Gallic terrain a quintet set for the Euroleague could be formed. Missing Llull , Randolph , Deck , Carroll and Reyes . Almost nothing. With that outlook, whites needed volunteers to reach over their shoulders and the first to raise their hands was Trey Thompkins . From that deserved tug of ears to arrive last summer, the American has made an act of contrition. Randolph's loss left many orphan points in the white attack and he took over: he scored 10 of the top 12 of his team in the game and finished as top scorer with 20.

Thompkins kept Real Madrid afloat in the beginning with more doubts than certainties, but it was Rudy Fernández's departure that began to crack the game. The Mallorcan is already all written. He is one of the smartest players in European basketball, particularly in defense, and if, in France, he has a hot wrist, he is a differential player. Only in the first part were 14 points without failure, vital for whites to convert a duel matched in a gap of 15 to rest. He finished with 18 in just 24 minutes.

Step in front of Mickey

It was a choral task. Edy Tavares dragged foul problems from the first quarter and instead stepped forward Jordan Mickey . The American was the 'consolation prize' that the white club found after losing with Barça the bid for Brandon Davies but it is much more valuable than a second course: it is a mobile interior, versatile and defense worker. Against the French, he added 18 points, seven rebounds and the intimidation that Tavares could not give for a day.

In the same way, on a notorious night of Campazzo,

It was his countryman, Nico Laprovittola who fed the score (12). De Causeur was 11. Asvel, led by the French international Charles Kahudi (19), seized the party with that conviction that has allowed him to take down so many giants, but did not have enough to complete the comeback. And so, from a duel that tested the depth of Pablo Laso's closet, the whites came out with the 12th straight victory and the Euroleague coliderato.

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